911 Broadband Network: Brought to You By TV Spectrum Selloff
Ars Technica, February 21, 2012
By Matthew Lasar
Another day, another cliffhanger budget deal passed by Congress. The latest extends payroll tax breaks and unemployment insurance to millions of Americans. But the bill goes further. It attempts a resolution of two of the FCC's stickiest wickets — the transfer of spectrum from television broadcasters to the wireless industry to curtail an anticipated mobile spectrum crunch, and the financing of a public safety broadband system for the nation.
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